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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
OCTOBER 19, t999
2:00 P.M.
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If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tam Javier D. Colmenero
Mayor Samuel L, Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by/~astor Mated Rendon, Primera Iglesia Bautista.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States, - ~, 0~"~ ~
City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Council Members:
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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City Manager David R. Garcia ¢?
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr.
City Secretary Armando Chapa
E. MINUTES:
1. \/Approval of Regular Meeting of October 12, 1999 and Joint Meeting of October 13, '
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BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE)
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT
SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS
TO THREE MINUTES. IFYOUPLANTOADDRESSTHECOUNCILDURING
THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEASE SIGN THE FORM AT THE REAR OF THE
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located at the podium and state your name and address. If you have a petition or
other in formation pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.)
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ingl~s-espa/~ol en la reunion de la junta para ayudade.
PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF
PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL BERATE,
EMBARRASS, ACCUSE, OR SHOW ANY PERSONAL
DISRESPECT FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, OR THE PUBLIC A T ANY COUNCIL MEETING.
H. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as
motions, resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed appropriate, the City Council
will use a different method of adoption from the one listed; may finally pass
an ordinance by adopting it as an emergency measure rather than a two
reading ordinance; or may modify the action specified. A motion to
reconsider may be made at this meeting of a vote at the last regular, or a
subsequent special meeting; such agendas are incorporated herein for
reconsideration and action on any reconsidered item.
CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public
The following items are of a routine or administrative nature. The Council has been
furnished with background and support material on each item, and/or it has been
discussed at a previous meeting. All items will be acted upon by one vote without
being discussed separately unless requested by a Council Member or a citizen, in
which event the item or items will immediately be withdrawn for individual
consideration in its normal sequence after the items not requiring separate
discussion have been acted upon. The remaining items will be adopted by one
vote.
CONSENT MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCES
FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS:
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Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract in the amount of $2,112,719.50 with Lambda
Construction of New Braunfels, Texas for the Staples Street Pumping
Plant - New Pumping Plant and Storage Reservoir Pr~ct: (Contract
3 - Pump Station and Site Work). (Attachment # 2) ~
Ordinance appropriating $30,000 from the Unreserved Fund Balance-
designated for the recodification of City Code in the No. 1020 General
Fund to purchase an optical imaging system; amending Ordinance
No. 023702, which adopted the FY99-00 budget by adding $30,000
to the No.1020 General Fund. (Attachment # 3)
Motion approving the pumhase of LaserFiche Database Imaging
Software from DynaSource, Beaumont, Texas in accordance with the
State Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for the amount of $40,647.
Funds are budgeted in the FY99-00 Amended Budget. (Attachment
# 3)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
contract in the amount of $45,866.76 for purchase of services from
the State of Texas, Department of Information Resources, to provide
computer maintenance to the Police Department's Digital Equipment
Corporation (DEC) equipment being maintained by DEC under its
computer services contract with the State of Texas. (Attachment # 4)
Motion accepting a grant in the amount of $57,284 from the U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services for the 1999 TROOPS TO COPS grant. (Attachment # 5)
Ordinance appropriating $57,284 from the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in No. 1050
Federal/State Grants Fund for the 1999 TROOPS TO COPS grant.
(Attachment # 5)
6.a. Ordinance appropriatin.~27,314 in the No. 1~050 Federal/State
Grants Fund from t~e'Federal Aviation Admi~oist~ation grant no. 3-48~
0051-27-99 to~rchase and install a~Jh reach extendable~et
syste~afi existing aircraft~e~re truck. (Attac~ 6)
6.b. Mo~n approving the pur~ase and instailation~f a high reach
~e~'tendable turret syste. F~bn an existing aircraff~scue fire truck from
Crash Rescue Equi~prfient Service, Inc., in th~ amount of $141,460.
(Attachment # 6) J
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Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
Master Lease Purchase Agreement with Koch Financial Corporation
for a one year term with a renewal option of one year. (Attachment
# 7)
Ordinance appropriating $364,488 from the Unreserved Fund Balance
in the No. 4700 Marina Fund to construct the Cooper's Alley "L" Head
Bait Stand, Boater's Facility, and Public Restrooms; amending
Ordinance No. 023702, which adopted the FY99-00 Budget, b.~.,.
adding $364,488 to the No. 4700 Marina Fund. (Attachment # 8) ~
Ordinance appropriating $70,000 from the lessee, Patricia Jane
Stubbs in the No. 4700 Marina Fund to partially fund construction of
the Cooper's Alley "L" Head Bait Stand; amending Ordinance No.
023702, which adopted the FY99-00 budget,.~y adding $70,000 to the
No. 4700 Marina Fund. (Attachment # 8) ~
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract with SaI-Con, Inc. in the amount of $345,000 to
construct the Cooper's Alley "L" Head Bait Stand, Boater's Facility,
and Public Restrooms. (Attachment # 8)
Ordinance appropriating $50,256 from the Unreserved Fund Balance
in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund as State Fiscal Year 1998-
99 program income; and appropriating $143,260 from the unreserved
fund balance in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund as State
Fiscal Year 1999-00 program income for a total of $193,516 to fund
Environmental Health, Laboratory and Nursing Services, for the
period September 1, 1998 to August 31, 2000. (Attachment # 9)
Second Reading Ordinance - Establishing a Municipal Court
Technology Fund; providing for the assessment and collection of a
four dollar Municipal Court Technology fee as a cost of court;
providing for severability; providing for publication and effective date
of December 1, 1999; and providing for expiration date of September
1, 2005. (First Reading - 10/12/99) (Attachment # 10)
Second Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 29-48, Municipal
Court Building Security Fund and Security Fee as cost of court, to
exclude parking citations and to provide that such fund may be used
to finance continuing education on security issues for court personnel;
providing for publication and effective date. (First Reading - 10/12/99)
(Attachment # 11)
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Second Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a fifteen year lease with MDC, Inc. (MDC), with
three 5-year options to renew, for 82,064 square feet fronting Pinson
Drive on the west side of the Airport, with the right to lease an
additional 13,280 square feet, to construct a transportation terminal,
in consideration of MDC paying. 12¢ per square foot of improved areas
and .05¢ per square foot of unimproved areas, adjusted every three
years; authorizing a sublease from MDC to Airborne Freight
Corporation to operate a transportation terminal. (First Reading 9-21-
99) (Attachment # 12)
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
ZONING CASES:
Case No. 899-3, Valerie R. Goodwin: A change of zoning from an "R-
lA" One-family Dwelling District to an "R-2" Multiple Dwelling District
on Edgewater Terrace, Block 13, Lot 4, located on the northwest
corner of Rio Vista and Country Club Drives. (Attachment # 13)
Planninq Commission's and StafFs Recommendation: Denialofthe"R-
2" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special Permit for a
second dwelling unit subject to a site plan and four conditions.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Valerie R.
Goodwin, by granting a Special Permit for a second dwelling unit
subject to a site plan and four conditions to Lot 4, Block 13, Edgewater
Terrace; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any
deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 999-7, Calvin and Renee Self: A change of zoning from an
"A-I" Apartment House District to an "1-2" Light Industrial District on
Self Tract, Block 1, Lot 1, located on the southwest corner of Graham
and Humble Roads. (Attachment # 14)
Planning Commission's and StafFs Recommendation: Denial of the "1-
2" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special Permit for an
enclosed boat barn facility subject to a site plan and four (4)
conditions.
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ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Calvin and
Renee Self, by changing the zoning map in reference to Lot 1, Block
1, Self Tract by granting a Special Permit for an enclosed boat barn
facility subject to a site plan and four conditions; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing
Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 899-9, Chester C. Coker (Tract 2): A change of zoning from
an "F-R" Farm-Rural District to an "1-2" Light Industrial District on
Russell Farm Blocks, all of Lot 5 and portions of Lots 4 and 6, located
on the east side of Heinsohn Road approximately 1,640 feet north of
Bear Lane. (Tabled 10-12-99) (Attachment # 15)
Case No. 999-10, Chester C. Coker (Tract 1): A change of zoning
from an "F-R" Farm-Rural District and an "R-I B" One-family Dwelling
District to a "B-3" Business District on Russell Farm Blocks, east 8.37
acres out of Lot 6, located on the southwest corner of Bates Drive and
South Padre island Drive. (Tabled 10-12-99)
Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval of the "B-3" District
(Tract 1) and denial of the "1-2" District (Tract 2), and in lieu thereof,
approved a Special Permit for "1-2" District permitted uses subject to
a site plan and five conditions, pertaining to street right-of-way
dedication and construction.
Staffs Recommendation: Approval of the "B-3" District (Tract 1) and
denial of the "1-2" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special
Permit for "1-2" District (Tract 2) permitted uses subject to a site plan
and five conditions pertaining to street right-of-way dedication.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Chester C.
Coker, by changing the Zoning Map in reference to Lots 5 and 6 and
the west portion of Lot 4, J. C. Russell Farm Blocks from "F-R" Farm-
Rural District and "R-1 B" One-family Dwelling District to "B-3" Business
District on Tract I and granting a Special Per.mit for those uses
permitted by right in the "1-2" Light Industrialr~act 2 subject to a site
plan and five conditions; amending the Comprehensive Plan to
account for any deviations from the existing Comp~hensive plar~.
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K. REGULAR AGENDA
(NO REGULAR ITEMS)
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
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v~Acceptance of financial contributions for improvements to
animal shelter facilities
* ~//Millennium Celebration Committee
* v/Privatization option for City utility services
United Water, Inc.
v'/'~O PSG/U.S. Filter Operating Services
* verview of City's Internet Site
* v/U~pdate on Council Vision Statement and Goals and Objectives
* ~/Opdates on Golf Course RFI process
* Downtown Drainage Implementation and Improvements Study
M. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ITEM:
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Motion approving the ~Arts'& Cultural Commis~sion recommendations.
and authorizing ~tbe~"City Manager to ~edeed with negotiatij:~j"'a
contract in th...~afnount of $200,000 vyith~artist, Robert Perl.ess~or the
complete..~nstallation of artwork ~tl~'d "Orion's Belt" or~tll"e Shoreline
Drive..~.4~edian south of tl~tersection of IH...3.T'and Shoreline
Be~levard. (Attachment.!~t.-16) (See separate~chment)
N. CLOSED MEETING:
PUBLIC NO TICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive
session at any time during the meeting in order to discuss matters listed on
the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551of the Texas Government Code. In the event the Council elects
to go into executive session regarding an agenda item, the section or
sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the executive session will be
publicly announced by the presiding officer.
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071,
regarding the following cases against the City of Corpus Christi et al in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,
Corpus Christi Division: William Bussey No. C-99-171, John Betz No.
C-99-133, Arnulfo Guerrero, Jr. No. C-99-143, Mark Schauer No. C-
99-144, Charles Bartels No. C-99-158, William Livingston No. C-99-
159, Duane Pacheco No. C-99-168, Gilbert Garcia No. C-~99-170 with
possible action thereon in open session. ~'~../r~'~0 ~, 0(~ ~j~
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Closed session p~.ua~'t to Texas Go~nt Code Secti~cr55~.071,
regarding I~.as~ agreement wi~th-Patrid~a Jane St~s~with possible
action...th~reon in open sess~dn.
REPORTS:
The following reports include questions by Council to Staff regarding City
policies or activities; request by Council for information or reports from Staff;
reports of activities of individual Council members and Staff; constituent
concerns; current topics raised by media; follow-up on Staff assignments;
scheduling of future Council meetings and activities; and other bdef
discussions regarding city-related matters.
17. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
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19.
* Upcoming Items
MAYOR'S UPDATE
COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
POSTING STATEMENT:
This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance to
City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 2:30 .p.m., October 15 ,1999.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Motion authorizing the City Manager to employ Jorge Rangel to represent the
city in the following cases against the city in the United States District Court
for the Southem District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division: William Bussey
No. C-99-171, John Betz No. C-99-133, Amulfo Guerrero, Jr. No. C-99-143,
Mark Schauer No. C-99-144, Charles Bartels No. C-99-158, William
Livingston No. C-99-159, Duane Pacheco No. C-99-168, Gilbert Garcia No.
C-99-170 at an hourly rate of $125.00.
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